Gary Slater, (born 15 May 1961), is a British

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, who has worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''. As a

Warrington Wolves Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Warringto ...

historian he has written several books for the popular

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football club. In 2014 he was the ghostwriter for an autobiography of Mike Nicholas, a former rugby league footballer.

Personal life

Gary grew up in Penketh,

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

with three siblings (Mark Slater, Julie Slater and Neil Slater). He studied at Penketh High School then went to university at the

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

. Gary had four sons with his first wife Jane Slater.

Societies

Gary joined the

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in 1978 and is now a member of the Warrington South CLP. He is also a member of the

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, the Rugby League Writers' Association and Camra (the

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Career

Gary began work as a journalist in

at the

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where he became deputy sports editor. In 1996 Gary started work for

at Canada Place in Canary Wharf,

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. He left the Telegraph Media Group in 2017 and started working for

. Aside from Gary's work as a journalist, he has also written seven books about the

Rugby League football club and former players and was part of the team who created the Warrington Wolves Heritage Wall at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in 2013.

Publications

# Warrington Rugby League Club - Images of Sport (2000) # Warrington Rugby League Football Club 100 Greats (2002) # So Close to Glory: Warrington Rugby League Football Club 1919 to 1939 (2008) # The Warrington Wolves Miscellany (2012) # Jack Fish: A Rugby League Superstar (2012) # From Swn-Y-Mor to Seattle: Nicko's Rugby Odyssey (2014) # Wire till I die: My life in rugby league (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slater, Gary 1961 births Writers from Warrington British sports journalists Living people Alumni of Imperial College London